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  • There Is A Fascinating Article In The April 2007 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There is a fascinating article in the April 2007 issue of Smithsonian Magazine about French photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson. In 1947 he was labeled the “photographer of the decisive moment.” The article states that, “since 1952 and the publication of his book of photographs, The Decisive ...read more

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  • Someone Once Said That If You Ever Want To Know ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Someone once said that if you ever want to know the truth about something then you should ask children. I love the article in the Vessel this month by our Busy Bees as they shared what love means to them. Yet, I also came across some other responses by children as to what they see love is. Glenn, ...read more

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  • Helen Keller, The Much Beloved Blind, Deaf, And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Helen Keller, the much beloved blind, deaf, and dumb American author, envisioned what she would most like to see if she could see for just three days. In her article “Three Days to See,” she wrote that she would like to see those she loved on the first day - to look deeply and lovingly into the ...read more

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  • In World War Ii Merchant Ships Were Used To Take ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In World War II merchant ships were used to take food and supplies across the sea. One day a Father took his son down to the docks to see the boats being unloaded. "Brave men have risked their lives to bring us this precious cargo," he told him. The boy noticed a line painted around each vessel. ...read more

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  • The Famous Preacher D.l. Moody Told About A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The famous preacher D.L. Moody told about a Christian woman who was always bright, cheerful, and optimistic, even though she was confined to her room because of illness. She lived in an attic apartment on the fifth floor of an old, rundown building. A friend decided to visit her one day and ...read more

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  • It Reminds Me Of A Story I Heard Of A Pastor In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    It reminds me of a story I heard of a pastor in TN who had a lady in his church who was in her mid - 80’s. She was living in a nursing home. Now, she was one of these whose body was weak, but her mind was still as sharp as a tack. She said, “Pastor, I know I’m not going to live much longer, but ...read more

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  • Three Chefs Were Working In A Restaurant One Day, ...

    Contributed by Richard Sharp on Nov 9, 2007
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    Three chefs were working in a restaurant one day, when their kitchen supervisor approached them with an order, and instructions on how to properly prepare it. The first chef looked at the instructions, and said "You can show a recipe to 100 different people, and each of them get a different ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Almost Every Culture Has A New Year's ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jan 10, 2008
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    Almost every culture has a New Year’s celebration. The ancient Romans celebrated the new year with the birth of Janus, the two faced god who could look back into the past and forward into the future. They exchanged gifts, not because they were overjoyed with each other, but as a method of bribery ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Self-Sufficiency Is An Insufficient Legacy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Self-sufficiency is an insufficient legacy. Frankly, a lot of churches in the 1950s had to face this question. The people had just come out of the Great Depression and understood the value of having a lot of money. When the baby boom came, they were able to use that money to build bigger ...read more

  • Completely Innocent?

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008
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    COMPLETELY INNOCENT? Have you ever been accused of something when you were completely innocent? The time that stands out in my mind was a traffic ticket. Now don't get me wrong ... I've had plenty of traffic tickets when I was pretty much guilty. But this time, I was completely innocent. When ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Would You Consider Abortion...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 20, 2008
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    WOULD YOU CONSIDER ABORTION... Would you consider abortion in the following situations? (1) There’s a preacher and wife who are very, very, poor. They already have 14 kids. Now she finds out she’s pregnant with number 15. They’re living in tremendous poverty. Considering their poverty and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Even Lost Boys Overcome

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Aug 7, 2008
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    EVEN LOST BOYS OVERCOME Between 1983 and 2003, so many Christians were killed in the Sudanese Civil War that a whole community of orphaned children arose who have become known as the Lost Boys of Sudan. Lopez Lomong was one of those boys. At six years old, he was kidnapped from his parents at ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Metamorphosis

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Aug 16, 2008
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    Metamorphosis In a world filled with sweet scents and blue sky, Lives the gentle, uplifting butterfly, Whose metamorphosis has this truth to teach: Our aspirations are within our reach. For this fluttering flyer of soaring worth Was at one time a creature that crawled the earth. When she climbed ...read more

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  • God Blesses Christian Parents

    Contributed by Eric Hanson on Nov 17, 2008
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    GOD BLESSES CHRISTIAN PARENTS How wonderful for children to have parents who are truly "in the Lord." They will be able to honor such men and women, thus activating the promise mentioned in verse 3. Nancy’s Grandparents took her Grandfather’s mother into their home and cared for her when she ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Billy Graham's Continuing Hope

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 27, 2009
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    BILLY GRAHAM'S CONTINUING HOPE Billy Graham has been through the grinder in recent years. He lost his beloved wife, and he is suffering from the effects of Parkinson’s disease, making him unable to continue his crusade work. In his latest letter to the public, he has this to say about the hope ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Parents, You Are Accountable For Disciplining ...

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 19, 2009
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    Parents, you are accountable for disciplining and teaching your children about God, salvation, and how to live and make godly decisions · How important is it? · A Spiritual Clinic, J. Oswald Sanders recorded observations about two Revolutionary War era families from New England, and the differing ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ignoring The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    IGNORING THE WARNINGS On Sep. 28, 1986 heavy rains flooded many low-lying areas of the Midwest. Two years before, there was a flood that many remember as the "Memorial Day Massacre" that claimed the lives of twenty people in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as small creeks and drainage ditches became killer ...read more

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  • What's That Noise?

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Sep 3, 2009
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    WHAT'S THAT NOISE? I read a humorous story about a man who strolled out of a hardware store with a smile on his face and a brand-new chainsaw in his hands. He was told it could cut down five big oak trees in an hour. Twenty-four hours later, however, his smile was gone. Frustrated, he was back at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Marks Of A Healthy Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    Marks of a Healthy Church Walt Disney was a dreamer. His crowning vision was EPCOT; Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. He envisioned the perfect city of 20,000 using all of the most modern advances technology. One problem, Walt Disney died before his cream was ever realized. His dream ...read more

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  • Recently, I Caught A Segment On Tv Of A Movie ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 15, 2009
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    Recently, I caught a segment on TV of a movie called Jack. It’s the story of a boy that ages four times faster than usual. Robin Williams plays the role of Jack. He enters public school for the first time in the fifth grade. Though he has the emotional and mental development of a fifth grade ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist